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How can you know how much you can trust what you are told by a prolife or prochoice organization's communications? How do you know if what a web site or newsletter says is accurate or not?
There is one easy rule to follow: Truthful sites provide reliable sources for their information.
As you look over the information on the Cemetery of Choice, you'll find that whenever possible, I provide either links to information or actual copies of documents such as news articles and death certificates. In other cases, I at least cite my sources in a way that they can be researched and verified.
Are other sources as reliable? Do they tell you where they got the information upon which they are basing their claims? If they don't, why not?
If there are conflicting claims, such as prolife versus prochoice assertions about the death of
Becky Bell
, check to see which site provides more reliable sources. In Becky's case, prochoice sites provide only assertions made by other abortion rights organizations or statements made by Becky's parents, who were recruited and coached by abortion-rights organizations. Prolife sites typically quote a crucial source: Becky's actual autopsy report,* which shows her reproductive organs to be perfectly healthy. Which sources can you trust?
Consider also the case of
Pauline Shirley
. Prochoice pages typically post the following unsubstantiated story verbatim:
Pauline Shirley and her six children were living with her mother in Arizona while her husband sought work in California. After an illegal abortion, she began to hemorrhage and was hospitalized. She needed massive transfusions. While Pauline’s mother searched the community for donors, Pauline bled to death.
I looked deeper and found an original and reliable source: Pauline's death certificate, which indicated that she died not from an induced abortion but from a miscarriage. Perhaps a family member saw "incomplete abortion, spontaneous" and didn't understand that a spontaneous abortion is the medical term for a miscarriage. My write-up of Pauline's death actually includes an image of the death certificate. Whose word is more trustworthy: the one based on the actual death certificate, or the unsubstantiated one repeated uncritically?
Never, never take anything you are told without question. Check the original sources.
*I read Becky Bell's autopsy report myself shortly after abortion-rights groups began taking them on speaking engagements around the country. I'm still trying to find an online copy and as soon as I find one I will share it, as I share my other sources.
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Before
Roe
or
after //Roe//
. Abortion can be deadly, no matter what the setting or who is doing the deed.
To read each woman's story, click on her name.
Mary Abrams
March, 1912 Age: 36
Mary Ackerly
January, 1846
Diane Adams
February, 1992 Age: 28
Anna Adler
September, 1913 Age: 27
Eurice Agbagaa
January, 1989 Age: 26
Julia Agoston
March, 1928 Age: 24
Stella Ahern
October, 1917 Age: 24
Susie Airey
May, 1919 Age: 38
Doris Alexander
April, 1938 Age: 30
Leigh Ann Alford
November, 2003 Age: 34
Annie Allison
September, 1923 Age: 44
Louise Allman
February, 1929 Age: 25
Anna Anderson
October, 1915 Age: 25
Christina Anderson
August, 1920 Age: 35
Clementina Anderson
November, 1862 Age: 20
Emily Anderson
December, 1892
Emmy Anderson
July, 1929 Age: 19
Madelyn Anderson
May, 1924 Age: 24
Martha Anderson
May, 1939 Age: 16
Olga Anderson
October, 1908 Age: 23
Demetrice Andrews
November, 1988 Age: 22
Alice Annalora
March, 1926 Age: 19
Mickey Apodaca
April, 1984 Age: 28
Gloria Aponte
April, 1986 Age: 20
Charisse Ards
July, 1989 Age: 20
Genevieve Arganbright
May, 1937 Age: 26
Mamie Arkins
July, 1915 Age: 26
Auna Arola
October, 1927 Age: 31
Olive Ash
January, 1858 Age: 20
Barbara Auer
September, 1929 Age: 29
Barbara Auerbach
December, 1982 Age 38
Stella Augustinyn
March, 1914 Age: 24
Kelly" B.
August, 1988 Age: 19
Jacqueline Bailey
December, 1977 Age: 29
Helen Bain
November, 1925 Age: 23
Margaret Balch
January, 1918 Age: 20
Mary Balcznska
June, 1915 Age: 25
May Bambrick
October, 1911 Age: 38
Brenda Banks
October, 1989 Age: 35
Myrtha Baptiste
December, 1982 Age: 26
Lisa Bardsley
February, 1995 Age: 26
Catherine Barnard
April, 1969 Age: 35
Junette Barnes
July, 1988 Age: 27
Margaret Barnts
May, 1928 Age: 27
Alberta Beard
March, 1930 Age: 29
Sarah Jane Beaver
October, 1876 Age: 15
Norma Beck
April, 1907 Age: 32
Ragna Beck
July, 1911 Age: 24
Doris Becker
December, 1948 Age: 21
Deanna Bell
September, 1992 Age: 13
Delia Mae Bell
March, 1889
Mary Bellville
March, 1889 Age: 22
Lena Benes
May, 1919 Age: 43
Jemima Beneway
February, 1858
Kerneda Bennett
January, 1947 Age: c. 30
Brenda Benton
April, 1987 Age: 35
Marie Benzing
February, 1917 Age: 28
Missao Beppu
c. 1938
Margaret Bereis
January, 1915 Age: 20
Sophia Berghusen
April, 1880
Rosario Bermeo
June, 1983 Age: 30
Mercedes Berriogobel
February, 1906 Age: 15
Lucile Bersworth
May, 1916 Age: 25
Miss Bertram
July, 1875
Hughretta Binkley
April, 1898 Age: 34
Janet Blaum
March, 1974 Age: 37
Cassandra Bleavins
September, 1971 Age: 20
Mildred Bleschke
November, 1924 Age: 24
Ida Alice Bloom
March, 1905 Age: 28
Augusta Bloom
March, 1916 Age: 43
Mary Balogh
January, 1912 Age: 28
Kate Blust
March, 1909 Age: 22
Sarah Bonda
July, 1900 Age: 20
Linda Boom
September, 1995 Age: 35
Mary Borglun
August, 1900 Age: 20
Anna Borndal
November, 1928 Age: 22
Augusta Boschen
July, 1877
Alice Bowlsby
August, 1871 Age: 25
Madge Bowman
September, 1923 Age: 16
Diane Boyd
October, 1981 Age: 19
Marie Boyens
September, 1881
Pauline Braasch
November, 1910 Age: 32
Mary Bradley
April, 1985 Age: 41
Pearl Bryan
February, 1896 Age: 22
Dorothy Bryant
May, 1986 Age: 22
Bessie Braun
April, 1906 Age: 22
Mabel Brock
September, 1907 Age: 27
Alline Brown
. March, 1929 Age: 18
Dorothy Brown
August, 1974 Age: 37
Irma Brown
November, 1901 Age: 22
Mary Brubaker
March, 1913 Age: 25
Ella Brunswick
March, 1907 Age: 24
Chanelle Bryant
January, 2004 Age: 22
Margaret Buetelman
October, 1914
Cora Burke
June, 1899 Age: 20
Mary Burns
July 1862 Age: c. 40
Belinda Byrd
January, 1987 Age: 37
Martha Byzynski
August, 1923 Age: 26
Janyth Caldwell
February, 1986 Age: 36
Hannah Calhoun
May, 1905
Cordelia Calkins
February 1860 Age: 18
Geneva Calton
July, 1979 Age: 21
Stella Came
August, 1915
Annette Camoratto
May 1934 Age: 19
Joan Camp
May, 1985 Age: 22
Ruth Camp
February, 1916
Irene Campbell
August, 1927 Age: 33
Vivian Campbell
July, 1950 Age: 27
Marla Cardamone
August, 1989 Age: 18
Amelia Cardito
February, 1943 Age: 34
Bertha Carlson
February, 1916 Age: 19
Hannah Carlson
July, 1896
Hazel Carr
March, 1915 Age: 26
Elinora Cassidy
March, 1915 Age: 22
Katherine Casper
April, 1920 Age: 26
Teresa Causey
December, 1988 Age: 17
Claudia Caventou
May, 1986 Age: 33
Colleen Chambers
May, 1991 Age: 34
Emma Chandler
July , 1913 Age: 20
Eugenie Chauvet
November, 1870 Age: 22
Ying Chen
August, 2009 Age: 30
"Susanna Chisolm"
June, 1975 Age: 35
Victoria Chmileuski
December, 1917 Age: 40
Joyce Chorney
November, 1953 Age: 25
Alda Christopherson
February, 1916 Age: 21
Jennie Chubb
January, 1921 Age: 21
Caroline Clark
June, 1843 Age: 18
Helen Clark
September, 1941 Age: 23
Jennie Clark
. February, 1879
Virginia Clark
February, 1929 Age: 26
Anna Clemens
April, 1880 Age: 26
Gweldolyn Cliett
March, 1980 Age: 29
Margaret Clodfelter
June, 1989 Age: 19
Ida Coakley
November, 1897 Age: 24
Florence Cobb
March, 1921
Kitty Cody
April, 1889
"Glenda Coe"
September, 1958 Age: 31
Jean Cohen
January, 1925 Age: 17
Mary Colbert
March, 1933 Age: 21
Frances Collins
May, 1920 Age: 34
Katherine Collins
July, 1911 Age: 23
Pamela Colson
June, 1994 Age: 31
Naomi Congdon
August, 1943 Age: 21
Mary Conners
March, 1917 Age: 19
Lizzie Cook
July, 1884 Age: 25
Alice Corbett
October, 1939 Age: 28
Andrea Corey
February, 1993 Age: 31
Liliana Cortez
September, 1986 Age: 22
Edith Cote
December, 1991 Age: 38
Sheryl Cottone
July, 1981 Age: 23
Twila Coulter
November, 1972 Age: 21
Barbara Covington
September, 1962 Age: 35
Katherine Cross
October, 1917 Age: 18
Goldie Crow
July, 1941
Agnes Crowe
February, 1925 Age: 28
Denise Crowe
February, 2006 Age: 21
Margaret Crowe
January, 1918 Age: 25
Ethel Crowell
April, 1930 Age: 20
Isabell Cuda
November, 1952 Age: 22
Carol Cunningham
August, 1986 Age: 21
Edna Curran
1922
Mary Cusack
January, 1918 Age: 39
Sarah Cushing
January, 1907 Age: 24
Mary Cybulski
September, 1922 Age: 35
Elizabeth Dalstun
1883
Betty Damato
August, 1980 Age: 26
Mary Ann Dancy
July, 1990 Age: 32
Roberta Danks
February, 1949 Age: 28
Minnie Darage
October, 1882 Age: 20
Angel Dardie
August, 1982 Age: 22
Mary Davies
December, 1956 Age: 26
Barbaralee Davis
June, 1977 Age: 18
Della Davis
May, 1925 Age: 25
Glenda Davis
March, 1989 Age: 31
Kathy Davis
February, 1987 Age: 26
Margaret Davis
July, 1972 Age: 33
Sharon Davis
January, 1983 Age: 17
Nancy Dawson
March, 1927 Age: 25
Catharine DeBreuxal
February, 1856 Age: 17
Minnie Deering
January, 1891
Annie DeGroote
September, 1917 Age: 27
Arlin della Cruz
October, 1992 Age: 19
Evelyn Dellorto
July, 1930 Age: 20
Anna Dennin
August, 1909 Age: 23
Synthia Dennard
September, 1989 Age: 24
Emma Dep
August, 1888
Louise Derchow
August, 1887 Age: 23
Alerte Desanges
September, 1994 Age: 36
Marina Deschapell
August, 1978 Age: 34
Rosa Device
May, 1878
Helen Devora
November, 1917 Age: 20
Violet Diancalana
February, 1929 Age: 25
Katherine DiDonato
October, 1936 Age: 26
Barbara Dillon
May, 1981 Age: 22
Eleanor Dillon
December, 1916 Age: 19
Anna Marie Dimford
September, 1915 Age: 21
Mary Dix
November, 1874
Jane Doe of Newark
June, 1993 Age: 20
Rosina Doerr
September, 1887 Age: 34
Bertha Dombrowski
February, 1917 Age: 28
Mary Donigan
February, 1870 Age: 22
Annie Doran
July, 1889
Annie Dories
June, 1888 Age: 16
Laniece Dorsey
February, 1986 Age: 17
Mary Jane Douds
May, 1900 Age: 26
Tamika Dowdy
December, 1998 Age: 22
Mary Doyle
October, 1867
Gwendolyn Drummer
January, 1972 Age: 15
Anjelica Duarte
November, 1991 Age: 21
Evelyn Dudley
March, 1973 Age: 38
Margaret Dwyer
May, 1912 Age: 24
Clara Duvall
March, 1929 Age: 32
Ilene Eagen
March, 1947 Age: 24
Geraldine Easley
March, 1932 Age: 19
Janice Easterbrook
May, 1958 Age: 21
Gussie Ellergood
July, 1882
Sherry Emry
January, 1978 Age: 26
Loretta Enders
December, 1927 Age: 19
Freda Englehardt
June, 1913 Age: 36
Georgianna English
January, 1980 Age: 32
Marie Epperson
February
, 1929 Age: 19
Edith Eschrich
November, 1935
Age: 24
Maureen Espinoza
April, 1997 Age: 16
Gladyss Estanislao
May, 1989 Age: 28
Mrs. Evans
February, 1884
Katherine Falesch
May, 1921 Age: 37
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